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Short-listed for the 2011 Man Booker Prize for FictionA captivating tale of sexual passion, self-deception and moral free-fall, occur post-communist Moscow.Nick Platt is just a lawyer employed in Moscow in the first 2000s--a town of hedonism and frustration, enchanting hideaways and debauched clubs, kindness and problem. Nick does not ask too many questions concerning the questionable offers he functions on: heis too busy enjoying the unique, sinful nightlife. On a hot evening in June, Nick saves two willowy siblings, Masha and Katya, from the would be purse snatcher, and soon the three of these are touring Moscowis seamy allure places. As winter descends about the decadent town, Nick falls for the sexy Masha, but quickly discovers he's slipping from herself--and in the center of the story of deception and betrayal, in a location where dark secrets, and long concealed corpses, emerged once the heavy snows ultimately thaw.